Principal Embedded Software Development Engineer

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Requisition ID: 5863

Job Title: Principal Embedded Software Development Engineer

Job Country: United States (US)

Here at Avanos Medical, we passionately believe in three things:

• Making a difference in our products, services and offers, never ceasing to fight for groundbreaking solutions in everything we do;
• Making a difference in how we work and collaborate, constantly nurturing our nimble culture of innovation;
• Having an impact on the healthcare challenges we all face, and the lives of people and communities around the world.

At Avanos you will find an environment that strives to be independent and different, one that supports and inspires you to excel and to help change what medical devices can deliver, now and in the future.

The Avanos COVID-19 Vaccine Policy: This Policy applies to U.S. customer-facing / field-based employees & Avanos leadership: All U.S. customer-facing / field-based employees hires must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of being fully vaccinated does not need to be disclosed until a job offer has been made but must be submitted within 48 hours after the acceptance of the job offer. If you have a qualifying medical condition or sincerely held religious belief or practice that precludes you from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, you may apply for an exemption or deferral after you accept the job offer and before your scheduled start date. The reasonable accommodation provided to the employee, if any, will depend on the employee's job and the applicable facts, but it may include weekly COVID-19 testing and masking requirements. New hires who do not submit, before their scheduled start date, proof of being fully vaccinated or a request for a reasonable accommodation will have their job offer revoked.

Avanos is a medical device company focused on delivering clinically superior breakthrough solutions that will help patients get back to the things that matter. We are committed to creating the next generation of innovative healthcare solutions which will address our most important healthcare needs, such as reducing the use of opioids while helping patients move from surgery to recovery. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we develop, manufacture and market recognized brands in more than 90 countries. Avanos Medical is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AVNS. For more information, visit

Job Position Purpose / Summary

The position plays a key technical leadership role in the development and maintenance of new and legacy electronic medical devices containing software, with primary areas of focus including but not limited to the definition of system and software requirements, software lifecycle planning, decomposition of software system architectures, definition of software system designs, and overall implementation, specification, verification, and maintenance of resulting embedded software code. This position should apply best practices to all phases of the embedded software lifecycle.

Position reports to a Senior Manager or Associate Director of Global R&D for Avanos Medical Inc.

Job Position Scope (Optional)

As an individual contributor on a mutli-disciplinary engineering team, this position applies their specialized skill set, a deep working knowledge of scientific principles, and a passion for product development in overseeing the full software product lifecycle for innovative electronic medical devices. He/she acts as a technical expert and software focused leader in addressing the essential business support activites for legacy electronic devices containing software and in developing new devices that integrate innovative digital health technologies aiming to improve or establish new standards of care.

Job Position Accountabilities / Expectations

• Lead device software development effort for a medical device
• Work with Program leaders, external partners, and cross-functional team members to design innovative medical device products.
• Translate customer and marketing requirements into product, system, and software specifications that can be successfully implemented, verified, validated and released.
• Design product solutions - detailed software design, initial board bring up and test, including driver bring up.
• Oversee unit testing and implement automated testing where appropriate.
• Develop software/firmware/system unit specifications.
• Generate test protocols and reports.
• Plan resources and provide schedule estimates.
• Apply version control best practices using tools like Git.
• Work to define and create collateral for new connected device platforms.
• Conduct SW/FW concepts study and decompose Software Architectures.
• Establish guidelines for and participate in the review of product engineering artifacts (e.g., specifications, code & design development, test descriptions, implementations, tests, records, reports, etc.).
• Under minimal direction, update specifications, designs, test descriptions, hazard analysis, test procedures, and related documentation supporting software system development to known standards.
• Continuously drive state-of-art compliance based on changing regulations and best practices.
• Mentor junior team members and peer review product artifacts including requirement specifications, design specifications, code, etc.
• Establish and maintain working knowledge of technology trends and how they are or can be made relevant to our business.
• Partner with internal cross-functional partners and external vendors in defining future technology roadmaps.

Key Relationships / Customer Expectations (Optional)

• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with partners in the R&D, Quality, Regulatory, and Operations organizations to ensure smooth and timely product introductions.
• Develop a close working relationship with colleagues in the sales and marketing organizations to understand the market space and to translate that knowledge to product and software system requirements.
• Spend time in the field with physicians and key technical opinion leaders to develop and maintain close ties with on-the-ground happenings in our market.

Qualifications / Education / Experience / Skill Required

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar field (Masters preferred).
• 12+ years of experience in embedded software development (Medical Device development preferred).
• Master of C/C++ and scripting languages like Python with Object oriented design.
• Ability to be a technical leader.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational, problem solving, and communication skills (both written and oral).

Preferred Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience in embedded software development of Medical Devices.
• Flexibility to work in various lifecycle development models preferred, e.g. Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid.

Specialized or Essential Knowledge Required (Optional)

• Broad experience in embedded system development including FPGA and/or microcontroller-based designs.
• Strong technical understanding of software, firmware and hardware interaction up to the OS level including RTOS.
• Deep working knowledge of development processes and standards, including but not limited to IEC-62304, IEC-60601, ISO-13485
• Familiarity of requirement management tools such as JAMA, agile development tools such as Azure DevOps or JIRA.
• Knowledge of hardware interfaces I2C, SPI, USB, UART, Ethernet.
• Knowledge of device peripherals such as EEPROMS, high speed ADC/DAC
• Experience reading electrical schematics

This document is intended to describe the general nature and level of work to be performed by employees assigned to this position. This document is not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of incumbents. Management may at any time assign other duties in addition to those listed here, with or without modifying this position description.

Avanos Medical is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a current employee of Avanos, please apply here

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Avanos offers a generous 401(k) employer match of 100% of each pretax dollar you contribute on the first 4% and 50% of the next 2% of pay contributed with immediate vesting.

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